Released 1986 Length 4:00 | Genre Reggae | |
B-side Sing Our Own Song (Version) Label DEP International DEP23 |
"Sing Our Own Song" is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40. It featured backing singers Jaki Graham, Mo Birch and Ruby Turner and was the ninth and final track on their album Rat in the Kitchen. Released in 1986 it reached 5, on the UK charts, staying for nine weeks. It made 1 on the Dutch charts in 1986.
The song was written as an anti-apartheid song and was censored in South Africa. Featuring the ANC rallying cry of "Amandla Awethu", it is considered a protest song of the time.
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